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\hspace{2mm} Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) of the brain offers unique capabilities including noninvasive probing of tissue microstructure and structural connectivity. It is widely used for clinical assessment of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Davood Karimi , Simon K. Warfield

Ultrahigh field (UHF) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) provides a higher signal-to-noise ratio and, thereby, higher spatial resolution. However, UHF MRI introduces challenges such as transmit radiofrequency (RF) field (B1+) inhomogeneities,…

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We evaluate a new approach for achieving diffusion MRI data with high spatial resolution, large volume coverage, and fast acquisition speed. A recent method called gSlider-SMS enables whole-brain sub-millimeter diffusion MRI with high…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-19 Justin P. Haldar , Qiuyun Fan , Kawin Setsompop

In modern medical diagnostics, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important technique that provides detailed insights into anatomical structures. In this paper, we present a comprehensive methodology focusing on streamlining the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-25 Siddharth Jha , Zichen Gui , Benjamin Delbos , Richard Moreau , Arnaud Leleve , Irene Cheng

The limited data availability and the low signal-to-noise ratio of fMRI signals lead to the challenging task of fMRI-to-image retrieval. State-of-the-art MindEye remarkably improves fMRI-to-image retrieval performance by leveraging a large…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-08-02 Zixuan Gong , Qi Zhang , Guangyin Bao , Lei Zhu , Ke Liu , Liang Hu , Duoqian Miao , Yu Zhang

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is critically important for brain mapping in both scientific research and clinical studies. Precise segmentation of brain tumors facilitates clinical diagnosis, evaluations, and surgical planning. Deep…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-01 Rui Nian , Guoyao Zhang , Yao Sui , Yuqi Qian , Qiuying Li , Mingzhang Zhao , Jianhui Li , Ali Gholipour , Simon K. Warfield

Gliomas are aggressive brain tumors that require accurate imaging-based diagnosis, with segmentation playing a critical role in evaluating morphology and treatment decisions. Manual delineation of gliomas is time-consuming and prone to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Cecilia Diana-Albelda , Roberto Alcover-Couso , Álvaro García-Martín , Jesus Bescos , Marcos Escudero-Viñolo

Segmenting deep brain structures from magnetic resonance images is important for patient diagnosis, surgical planning, and research. Most current state-of-the-art solutions follow a segmentation-by-registration approach, where subject MRIs…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-20 Mehri Baniasadi , Mikkel V. Petersen , Jorge Goncalves , Andreas Horn , Vanja Vlasov , Frank Hertel , Andreas Husch

The focus of this paper is on the development of a sparse and optimal acquisition (SOA) design for diffusion MRI multiple-shell acquisition and beyond. A novel optimality criterion is proposed for sparse multiple-shell acquisition and quasi…

Medical Physics · Physics 2012-12-06 Cheng Guan Koay , Evren Özarslan , Kevin M Johnson , M. Elizabeth Meyerand

Accurate brain tumor segmentation is crucial for neuro-oncology diagnosis and treatment planning. Deep learning methods have made significant progress, but automatic segmentation still faces challenges, including tumor morphological…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Mingda Zhang

Purpose: Diffusion MRI has shown promise for breast cancer screening, lesion characterization,and treatment response monitoring without contrast agents, but further translation is constraint by the gradient performance of conventional…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-05-12 Gerrit Arends , Edwin Versteeg , Feng Jia , Dennis Klomp , Maxim Zaitsev , Sebastian Littin , Chantal Tax

Automatic fetal brain tissue segmentation can enhance the quantitative assessment of brain development at this critical stage. Deep learning methods represent the state of the art in medical image segmentation and have also achieved…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-05 Davood Karimi , Caitlin K. Rollins , Clemente Velasco-Annis , Abdelhakim Ouaalam , Ali Gholipour

Multi-subject functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data has been increasingly used to study the population-wide relationship between human brain activity and individual biological or behavioral traits. A common method is to regress…

Applications · Statistics 2015-09-15 Fan Li , Tingting Zhang , Quanli Wang , Marlen Z. Gonzalez , Erin L. Maresh , James A. Coan

Decoding visual stimuli from neural responses recorded by functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) presents an intriguing intersection between cognitive neuroscience and machine learning, promising advancements in understanding human…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Jingyuan Sun , Mingxiao Li , Zijiao Chen , Yunhao Zhang , Shaonan Wang , Marie-Francine Moens

This study introduces a diffusion-based framework for robust and accurate segmenton of vertebrae, intervertebral discs (IVDs), and spinal canal from Magnetic Resonance Imaging~(MRI) scans of patients with low back pain (LBP), regardless of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-20 Maria Monzon , Thomas Iff , Ender Konukoglu , Catherine R. Jutzeler

According to the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification scheme for gliomas, glioma segmentation is a very important basis for diagnosis and genotype prediction. In general, 3D multimodal brain MRI is an effective diagnostic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-23 Xiaoyu Shi , Shurong Chai , Yinhao Li , Jingliang Cheng , Jie Bai , Guohua Zhao , Yen-Wei Chen

One of the most important tasks in medical image processing is the brain's whole tumor segmentation. It assists in quicker clinical assessment and early detection of brain tumors, which is crucial for lifesaving treatment procedures of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Apurva Pandya , Catherine Samuel , Nisargkumar Patel , Vaibhavkumar Patel , Thangarajah Akilan

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive and deadliest types of brain cancer, with low survival rates compared to other types of cancer. Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans is one of the most effective methods for the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-20 Huafeng Liu , Benjamin Dowdell , Todd Engelder , Zarah Pulmano , Nicolas Osa , Arko Barman

Stereotactic radiosurgery is a minimally-invasive treatment option for a large number of patients with intracranial tumors. As part of the therapy treatment, accurate delineation of brain tumors is of great importance. However,…

Precise identification of spinal nerve rootlets is relevant to delineate spinal levels for the study of functional activity in the spinal cord. The goal of this study was to develop an automatic method for the semantic segmentation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Jan Valosek , Theo Mathieu , Raphaelle Schlienger , Olivia S. Kowalczyk , Julien Cohen-Adad